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"Gorbachev will indeed seize the opportunity." Mhamad said: "This time, he has truly grasped the power of the Soviet Union."

"Yes, now that the opposition voices in the military are gone, the Soviet Union will carry out economic reforms and its national strength will increase. When a powerful Soviet Union appears, will it be a good thing or a bad thing for us?" Mushaaf said.

This incident was completely planned by Mhamad, and the United States also provided help. Now, watching Gorbachev get rid of the die-hards in the army and promote new people loyal to him, this is A new era is coming, I don’t know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.

"A powerful Soviet Union? It will never appear." Mhamad said.

"Why?" Mushaaf asked.

"If helping Gorbachev gain power would make the Soviet Union stronger, would the Americans do that?" Mhamad said. Without the help of Americans, this event would not have been possible.

"Why did the Soviet Union become the world's superpower? It was its army! Its powerful army! When the Soviet Union begins to shrink its army, many changes will occur throughout Eastern Europe, and the United States will add fuel to the fire. In this way, Soviet politics will How can it become a superpower again if there are serious problems? "Mhammad said: "The Soviet Union will inevitably disintegrate."

The crisis in the Soviet Union has become deeply rooted. Gorbachev, an idealist, has no ability to change the Soviet Union. Although he has now won and has taken control of the military, the Soviet state system has been cultivated after so many years. A large number of socialist worms have appeared, and there are countless vested interests. In order to safeguard their own interests, they will inevitably oppose reforms. This game between local governments and the central government will continue throughout.

Gorbachev does not have the courage or ability. His reforms will only make society more and more chaotic.

Hamad, who comes from later generations, certainly knows that this is an unchangeable fact, as for the United States. It will definitely add fuel to the flames and continue to promote Western ideas of democracy and freedom to influence the youth of the Soviet Union. When those people see that bureaucrats can enjoy privileges and squander wantonly, they themselves have to wait in line for hours. When buying bread, these young people have never experienced World War II, the defense of Moscow, or the defense of Stalingrad. They will feel how unbearable their country is and demand democracy. American-style democracy can only be used in the United States and the West. In other places, it is simply not applicable. In later generations, under the banner of democracy, the United States continued to infiltrate its ideas into other countries and help them realize democracy, but in the end, the country became turbulent. , people’s lives. Not as good as before at all.

Democracy would completely ruin the Soviet Union.

Although Mhamad, who comes from a later generation, also feels sorry for the Soviet Union, the most important thing for Mhammad now is still how to develop and strengthen Pakistan.

economy! Only when the economy is thoroughly improved and Pakistan truly becomes an economic power can the country take off!

To develop the economy, we need sufficient energy. Now, Pakistan's energy shortage problem is becoming more and more serious, so new power stations are being built. Can't wait.

Pakistan is east of Peshawar under an agreement from the United States. Construction of a large nuclear power plant has begun. When completed, this nuclear power plant will be able to meet one-tenth of Pakistan's electricity needs.

The nuclear reactors in the United States are more advanced and safer. The thick containment outside is the biggest reliance. Moreover, this reactor is a light water reactor. There is no need to worry that the by-products of the nuclear reactor can produce nuclear weapons. It is the most effective way to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

Although it has entered late autumn, construction is still going on here and it looks like it is in full swing.

Wearing a safety helmet, Hamad walked on the construction site with the person in charge of the nuclear power plant, American engineer Louis.

"We will use steel to make the outer shell of this power station, and the safety performance is quite good." Lewis said: "Now, we have dug the foundation and are in the early stages of construction. We estimate that it will take a year. The first unit can be connected to the grid to generate electricity.”

"Well, the technology in the United States is very advanced, and our pace of peaceful use of nuclear energy in Pakistan will never stop." Mhammad said: "When this nuclear power plant is completed and operates stably, we will build the second one in Karachi. Two nuclear power plants.”

Pakistan's demand for electricity is very large.

"President Hamad, the United States and your country have always had the most friendly relations." U.S. Ambassador Arnold, who followed, said: "We are also very honored to see that your country has accepted the supervision of the International Nuclear Energy Organization."

Although last time Pakistan expressed support for the establishment of a state in Hyderabad, which made the United States very unhappy, now, under the serious protest of the United States, it seems that Pakistan has restrained itself, and the United States has taken advantage of it and did not continue to protest against Pakistan.

After all, the Soviet Union has not withdrawn its troops yet. As long as the Soviet Union does not leave, the United States will continue to rely on Pakistan.

"We did not have nuclear energy before, but now that we have it, we must abide by international basic laws." Mhamad said: "Our industry requires a lot of electricity. We very much welcome your country to support us in building this nuclear power plant. "

Crane, concrete tanker, this is a busy construction site. Muhammad looked at the nuclear power plant under construction with a sigh in his heart.

Although China also has its own nuclear power plant designed and built by itself, the power is too small, only 300,000 kilowatts. Now, the nuclear power plants built by the United States, each nuclear reactor is at the level of one thousand megawatts. In the future, China also introduced technology from France to build a 1.5 million kilowatt nuclear power plant.

This technology is still the most perfect in Western capitalist countries!

"This nuclear power plant reflects our friendship with the United States." Muhammad said as he walked.

"Well, we Americans also cherish this friendship very much." Arnold said: "This September, at the Farnborough Air Show in the UK, we would like to invite your pilots to the UK for a flight show."

Farnborough Air Show? Muhammad said, "Of course."

Among the four major air shows in the world, the Farnborough Air Show ranks first. Every air show will attract many aircraft manufacturers to come. At the same time, it is also an opportunity for various flight performances. The United States invited the Pakistan Air Force to perform, naturally because the Pakistan Air Force has rich combat experience.

And Pakistan just took this opportunity to go abroad to take a look, and Muhammad was of course very happy.

After the inspection at the nuclear power plant, Muhammad received news that his infantry fighting vehicle had been completed and was undergoing qualitative testing.

Infantry fighting vehicles are mechanized forces accompanied by tanks. They can transport soldiers to the front line and directly enter the battle. Only those equipped with a large number of infantry fighting vehicles can be called advanced mechanized troops.

Only ordinary trucks can be called motorized troops.

Infantry fighting vehicles are divided into two types: tracked and wheeled. Tracked ones have the best off-road capability, but high fuel consumption and complex maintenance, while wheeled ones are fuel-efficient, durable, and can travel at high speeds. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, but the current global trend is wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, including in the mountainous areas of Afghanistan. The Soviets used BMP infantry fighting vehicles before, and later replaced them with BTR80 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles.

After Pakistan introduced Mercedes-Benz's NG-80 series heavy trucks, their goal was to develop an infantry fighting vehicle based on these heavy trucks. Now, after several years of trial production, it has finally begun to take shape.

The NG-80 heavy truck has better performance than Steyr, and there are all-wheel drive models. Therefore, after opening a factory in Pakistan and producing it, this heavy truck mainly meets Pakistan's domestic high-end heavy trucks. In some harsh areas, such as mountainous areas where there are no roads and all rely on off-road travel, this heavy truck has a wide demand.

Muhammad and his party came to the vehicle manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Islamabad. When they walked into the test field at the back, Muhammad saw the infantry fighting vehicle.

This is a three-axle 6*6 infantry fighting vehicle with six huge off-road tires. The entire body is covered with thin steel plates. The body shape is similar to that of mainstream wheeled combat vehicles. The entire body has enough buoyancy to travel on water. Correspondingly, there are propellers on the left and right sides of the back, and there is a universal weapon station on the upper part of the body, which can be replaced with various weapons, including ordinary machine guns, machine guns, and large-caliber low-pressure smoothbore guns.

However, when Muhammad saw this car, he frowned: "The off-road capability of this car cannot meet our requirements and must be redesigned."

Before the test drive, just after a glance, the president denied the car, which made the developers who followed Muhammad depressed.

Dr. Star, a designer from Pakistan who had returned from the United States, immediately asked Muhammad: "Mr. President, what is it about our infantry fighting vehicle that does not meet our requirements?" Dr. Star graduated from the most famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States and participated in the development of the Hummer at General Dynamics. When he returned to Pakistan, Pakistan, which was eager to recruit talents, welcomed these engineers returning from abroad. Dr. Star was also valued. After reaching an agreement with the German Mercedes-Benz company, Pakistan's infantry fighting vehicle project was also launched, and Dr. Star became the chief engineer of the design of this infantry fighting vehicle. (To be continued ~^~)